Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
Eggs FOR MATCHING.

AS laf as possible eggs 10 DC SET
should have been laid only one or two
days at farthest. There is loss of
vitality if the egg is even once thor
oughly chilled after it is dropped. The
increase in yigor of chickens Matched
from eggs set as soon as laid will
insure larger percentage Of chickens
and smaller death rate aher they
are Matched.
FOOD FOR CALVES.
Mix is the natural food for young
calves, and for those to be kept as COWS
it is none the worst, but rather the
better. for being skinned. Ii does not
fatten so much and the bulkiness of
this kind of food distends the paunch
and thus gets the animal in the habit
of eating large quantity OF food
This in a milch COW is the trait most
important in determining her value.
TO MAKE TREES BEAR EARLY.
1t is always noticed that varieties of
fruit which grow spreading and low
bear earlier than the same species
of fruit which have more upright habit.
Taking advantage of this, if the latter
are bent down early in the season, they
may be set to bearing After the
leaves have put forth, if the tips of the
leading shoots are stopped by pinching
OIL the ends, the same result is produc-
ed The sap is thrown back, then side
branches with fruit is produced, just as
would be on upright branches bent
down.
THE QUALITY OF EGGS.
There is great difference in the char
acter of eggs from different hens, but
it depends full as much on the feed as
| the breed The dark-colored eggs laid
! by Asiatic breeds of fouls are most
| popular and bring something more in
market than the white shelled eggs
These last are generally smaller, and
they are produced by fowls which for
age freely, while the dark shelled eggs
from As attic breeds are produced from
era n feeding. During the Summer
fowls that get no feed except what
they pick up eat much grass. This
produces eggs of poor quality.
TRAMPLISG OF CLOVER.
II is astonishing how easily clover is
kept down by little trampling. Walk
me- through ii few times IN one track
while young makes path plainly visi.
ble for weeks or months after The
grasses are much more hardy. and or
light soil seem To- thrive rather better
for some trampling, as it presses the
soil close about their roots This is one
of the strong arguments against pastur-
:ng clover. 1t is liked by all kinds OF
stock when made INTO hay but in its
early growth it has not nearly so much
sweetness ~ the grasses whose root:
run near the surface.
VARIETY OF GRASSES.
In seeding down few farmers use a:
great variety of seeds as they should
The consequence is that meadows dc
not yield what they might be made to,
and the pasture or hay is less appetiz-
ing The best results of feeding
are found by giving variety. More
will be eaten and with better APP
petite. Besides the traditional timothy
and clover there are many perennials
highly esteemed in Europe, but scarce.
" known to most American farmers.
Ii is a good sign for our farming that
other grasses than those heretofore
sown are now receiving much atten
ton.
APPLE TREES BY ROADSIDE.
There are many places by roadsdes
where apple trees might be proftably
planted, and they would besides add &c
the attractiveness of the drive. especi-
ally when laden with either bloom
or fruit. The wash from the roadway
VIII keep them thrifty. and where the
centre of the road has been laid up
with stone network of fine roots will
run beneath them from the trees ready
10 take what plant food is washed down
60 them. This makes it possible TO grow
.rees with profit by the roadside. where
they are planted higher than the road
bed. The roots will soon find where
the manure wash goes to and follow
after il.
MOISTURE FOR GOOsEBERRIEs.
The trouble with mildew on goose.
berries is due mainly TO the fact that
our climate , too dry and hot for them.
The American varieties are partially
acclimated and will endure this better
than the English sorts. But they should
be planted on heavy and rather moist
soil, and should be mulched heavily so
as to keep the soil moist and cool On
light land thus mulched gooseberres
can be grown, provided the plants are
not too much thinned. If the bushes
grow in clumps one protects the other